Index Archive

Percentage by which U.S. military spending has increased since the withdrawal from Afghanistan

: 5

Percentage of Afghans who are expected to be living in poverty in August

: 97

Minimum number of U.S. immigration history requests held up because of pandemic rules on records storage

: 350,000

Percentage change since 2017 in the number of Republicans who say military officers have “high standards of ethics”

: –21

Minimum number of people who reported relatives to the FBI for participating in the January 6 U.S. Capitol riot

: 15

Portion of U.S. representatives facing ethics investigations last year who refused to cooperate

: 1/2

Portion of Americans who have favorable views of both capitalism and socialism

: 1/5

Who have unfavorable views of both capitalism and socialism

: 1/5

Percentage of Americans who approve of labor unions

: 68

Percentage change since 2019 in U.S. labor union membership

: –4

Percentage of Americans who have considered committing suicide in response to political developments

: 5

Portion of Americans who think Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech is no longer relevant

: 1/4

Percentage by which Republicans are more likely than Democrats to think so

: 94

Percentage by which more white men than black men died of drug overdoses in 2015

: 51

By which more black men than white men died of drug overdoses in 2020

: 22

Estimated portion of overdose deaths in the first half of 2021 that involved fentanyl

: 2/3

Number of U.S. states in which it is illegal to possess fentanyl test strips

: 30

Estimated percentage decrease in U.S. condom sales since the start of the pandemic

: 8

Portion of Americans earning less than $50,000 who cite wedding costs as a reason for not marrying

: 3/10

Estimated portion of married Americans who have considered divorce in the past six months

: 1/4

Number of the one hundred most-watched TV broadcasts last year that were NFL games

: 92

Factor by which Americans spent more time listening to the radio last year than to podcasts

: 6

Amount of time, in years, viewers spent watching livestreams of Grand Theft Auto V on Twitch last year

: 214,309

Minimum number of total views for TikTok videos tagged with #MentalHealth

: 25,100,000,000

Portion of U.S. adults who have struggled with basic decisions like what to eat or wear since the start of the pandemic

: 1/3

Of U.S. millennials

: 1/2

Portion of U.S. adults who say their closets contain many things they will never wear again

: 3/4

Percentage decrease in spending on dental care since the start of the pandemic

: 9.5

Portion of U.S. pet owners who say they take their pet’s health more seriously than their own

: 7/10

Who have sought acupuncture for their pet

: 4/10

Who have purchased CBD products for their pet

: 3/10

Minimum number of dogs in the United States on anti-anxiety medication

: 10,350,000

Of cats

: 1,800,000

Estimated portion of passengers on private jets who fly with a pet

: 1/4

Average cost of cloning a dog

: $50,000

Minimum number of Instagram influencers who have cloned a pet

: 12

Number of dogs cloned for law enforcement purposes in Iowa

: 52

Minimum number of COVID-19 outbreaks recorded among animal populations

: 645

Minimum number of hamsters executed by the Hong Kong government because of COVID-19 exposure

: 2,229

Harper’s Index

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